Mozilla rolls out Firefox 2.0.0.14

There’s a new security and stability upgrade for Firefox 2. The biggest change is that a JavaScript scurity issue has been fixed, but you should definitely take the update if you’re running Firefox 2.

Are we ignoring the new AMO?

Mozilla unveiled a new version of their add-ons site the other day, and yet neither Peng nor I have written anything about it. Is it an inadvertent slip due to the demands of Real Life or so we have something against the update?

Get Your Fresh Firefox!

No, it’s not news that Firefox 3 has a release date, or that Firefox 3 Beta 5 is out (although that’s coming soon). No, this is the news that Firefox 2.0.0.13 is now out with security and stability updates for users on the Linux, Mac OSX and Windows platforms.

Got iTunes for Windows? You might have Safari now, too

[Updated to include a link on another related piece from Tom Krazit at Cnet. - Nanci]

Yesterday Apple used it’s Software Update system to send out updates to iTunes, and it offers to upgrade your Safari, Apple’s web browser, even if you don’t have it installed already.

Did you get the newest SecondLife client? You’ll need it as of Wednesday.

At the tail end of February SecondLife released it’s version 1.19.0.x clients as an optional release. But as if tomorrow it will be required. Updated 6:55 PM EDT Wed 12 Mar: They’ve decided to postpone the requirement of the 1.19.0 client until the 1.19.1 version comes out in 2-3 weeks. Get more info in the original SL blog post (link below).

A pair of important software updates

Two pieces of software got updates in the past few days or so and I wanted to make sure our readers knew about them. The first is an upgrade for the Pidgin instant messaging client, and the second is more if a release announcement than an update as EnvyNG is now available for people testing Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Dazzle returns to SeoncdLife. Sort of.

Back in November I wrote about the technology preview that came out of Linden Lab’s Dazzle project. Today Torley Linden announced that Dazzle was back, but this time in a First Look client. Color me a lovely WindLight-esque shade of Tickled Pink. Not.

They also have some server updates and rolling restarts coming, but it’s not for the current Release Candidate. Updated Thursday, 21 February at 8:00 pm: The rollout schedule for the new code has been changed. Rather than updating this new post to reflect the new schedule see this post for the updated schedule.

Mozilla releases security updates in Firefox 2.0.12

While many of us are working on Firefox 3, Mozilla is still making Firefox 2 as good as it can be, and that includes fixing security issues. Firefox 2.0.12 came out yesterday to fix a directory transversal issue.

Firefox 2.0.0.9 is out

Monday Nanci wrote about the fact that some regressions (previously fixed bugs) had crept up in the recently released Firefox 2.0.0.8 and that Mozilla was working on a quick turnaround to get another update out the door. late yesterday they called their work done and released Firefox 2.0.0.9 for Windows, Mac and Linux.